Ilze Burkovska Jakobsen master class
Ilze Burkovska Jakobsen master class
Ilze Burkovska Jakobsen

07.09 | 19:30  (EEST)

Ilze grew up in the Soviet Union. She was an outstanding pioneer and was very interested in the Second World War, which was called the Great Patriotic War when she was young. In her film "My Favourite War" (2020), the director critically rethought her childhood using animation mixed with real photos and video clips from Soviet cinema. During her workshop, Ilze will share how she created this film and how animation allows for a documentary reproduction of reality built on memories and eyewitness testimonies.

Latvian born film director living and working in both Norway and Latvia. She has done eight documentaries and more than 20 hours of TV animation-/ documentary series. The last ten years Ilze, and her production company Bivrost Film, have worked on “My Favorite War” as well as on several animated documentary series for children with topics like abuse and violence. She and her team won an International Emmy Award for “My Body Belongs to Me” in 2018.